Exit Architecture

Open Call for Projects, Deadline August 31: Exit Architecture seeks proposals for physical artifacts that present a critical, projective, and speculative look at the present and future of design for the hereafter. Please submit two PDFs for review by the curators:

—a 1-4 page PDF summary of the project you propose for the exhibit, including 3 supporting images. Your proposal must include any estimates of production, shipping, or other related expenses for the exhibition of the work. The PDF file must be labeled: Proposal_LastName.pdf

—a 1-4 page PDF of a current CV. The PDF file must be labeled: CV_LastName.pdf

Please keep the email size under 10MB. Do not submit: links to Google Drive or equal, PowerPoint presentations, or loose image files—these will not be considered nor viewed.

This Open Call for Projects/Designs is open to architects (and architectural teams) from any part of the world.

Your CV must clearly list details on graduating degree in architecture. Space is very limited and a diverse and international group is sought, consistent with Art Omi mission and programs and aligning with the vision of the Art Omi: Architecture program.

Humans have been enshrining and memorializing their dead for millennia. While forms and rituals vary widely across cultures and religions, we are nonetheless reacting to similar desires: memorializing a life, coping with loss, religious symbolism, returning to nature, etc.

The realities of the world today have imposed additional restrictions and opportunities on internment: rapid population growth, densifying urban areas, limited space, environmental concerns, and digitization—all factors that could lead architects to reimagine our own exit.

Exit Architecture is a speculative look at designing for the afterlife in all of its potential architectural and design forms, and new ways of marking our exit. The exhibition presents a critical, projective, and speculative look at the present and future of this realm of design—through personal and individual examples of design for the hereafter, as well as approaches that affect or can be adopted by many.

Exit Architecture is the first curated exhibition of the Art Omi: Architecture program. It will be on view at the Newmark Gallery in the Benenson Center located at the Art Omi’s 200-acre campus from January 12 to March 3, 2019, and available to travel thereafter starting March 15, 2019.